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Archer

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  1. Man, I wonder how Arizona will handle the potential trade of its pick?  Trading it now would guarantee the partner one of its top 3 QBs.  However, many potential partners may only be interested in making the trade if a specific QB is there.  For example, if Stroud and Richardson are gone, partners who don’t want Young (size) or Levis (general *baggery) will no longer want the pick.  So, if Arizona waits it out and plans to make a draft day trade if there’s a market, how do they prioritize those calls?  I imagine they have a bunch of theoretical calls about what the trade might look like with each suitor (not mentioning qb names, of course), which will help facilitate a quick deal on draft day if that suitor is still interested…

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  2. 1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:


    Well….  Your argument doesn’t add up to me.    Because first you say the Colts would use two of they’re first five picks on a guard and a tackle.    And add that tackle would be good for a 3 or a 4.   So are you saying guard be a 5th round pick?    That doesn’t make sense to me.  
     

    I think if the Colts want a starting guard it had better be a day 2 pick, rounds 2 or 3.   And I wouldn’t draft an Offensive tackle to be a backup.   That’s a waste of a pick to me.   Because he’s not going to be ready to play at a high level as a rookie tackle. That’s why I’ve been advocating for a free agent signing.   That’s my hope at least. 

    No, I’m not saying a Guard would be a 5th round pick.  I have it as our 2nd round pick - so I agree with you 100% on that.  I was just making the point that I believe the next three rounds are not too early to bring in an OT who will likely be an initial back-up, swing tackle-type.  Looks like we disagree on that, but I don’t see us necessarily getting instant starters after the 2nd round this year.  Maybe someone like a Darius Rush at CB could start Day 1 if he had a good camp (and we don’t bring in a veteran)…

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  3. 10 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:


    Tackle?   
     

    Raimann is the LT. 
    Smith is the RT.

     

    I think the only way that changes is if either gets hurt.   
     

    The Colts will likely look for a swing tackle.  A solid backup.   But my guess is that will be in free agency. 

    I agree with the original post, that OG and OT may be two of our first five picks.  We currently have no depth at all at OT, and I’d argue it would be perfectly good use of a 3rd or 4th round pick to add an OT who’ll be a swing tackle for his first couple of years…

  4. 1 hour ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    With signing Minshew that makes zero sense. I also feel Ballard would have traded up if he felt he was not going to like a QB that falls to four.

    Lol, why does that make zero sense with the Minshew signing?  Ballard may very well

    think he’s getting his QB @4, and he could try to trade up to 3.  But GMs know that they’re sometimes wrong about how the board will fall.  Makes sense to keep Foles on until we get that QB in the draft.  Doesn’t save any money to cut him earlier…

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  5. 1 hour ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    Wonder why Foles hasn’t been released. Makes me think they are trying to trade him to a team that needs a backup.

    I’m thinking it’s in case of a nightmare draft scenario for QB - for example:

    *we don’t like Levis
    *Stroud, Young, and Richardson go 1-2-3
    *And Hooker’s gone at 35.

     

    In that case, maybe we’d bring him back for the QB room with Minshew and Ehlinger.

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  6. 33 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    They have done nothing so far regarding Oline. They also let a WR go and still haven’t signed one and the market is starting to dry up.  If they weren’t willing to pay a WR in FA then he should of paid Campbell.  We can’t go into the season with Dulin as WR3. That would be awful.

     

    I will say this using our TE more in the passing game helps elevate some of the WR issue. Granson especially.

    Yeah, I think we’ll add a veteran OL or two from that 2nd tier of FAs.  Wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t wait to the draft for a WR addition…

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  7. I became football-aware around 1978 when the family was living in a suburb of DC.  One day before school, my mom said there was a sale on NFL letterman jackets and asked me what team I wanted.  I told her to get me the Falcons, since I liked their helmets.  When I got home from school, she had bought me the Colts, because the store didn’t have Atlanta and she thought the Colts’ colors were “pretty”.  
     

    Years later, I had moved to Western Washington state and the Colts had moved to Indy.  It was impossible in the 1980s to see a Colt game on TV or buy any Colt merchandise locally in the Tacoma area.  But somehow my parents had obtained a Colt T-shirt for my birthday.  I vowed to wear it every Monday after a Colt win.  That was the year they started 0-13.  I started wearing the shirt on Mondays after they scored a TD…

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